The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-17
DEMOCRATIC SCHEMES
TO HAVE CLEVELAND "INsunrED"
Tho Ohio Democratic State Committeo Ar.
ranging to Have Clevelnud's Portrait
Displayed at all Soldiers Reunions. A
Tho Ohio Campaign Progrossing.

| OlSclASATI, o., Sept. lD.-A Bpecia
from Columbus says: Reliable Informs
tion pnta the Chairman OF the Democratic
State Executive Committee in tho position
Of endeavorins to create disturbance q,
q soldiers reunion. And right here /,
may be gald that there was report cur.
rent at the time Of tho Wheeling afIai,
that the suspension Of a picture Of Grover
Cleveland ACROSS the street and tho Windy
Wilson disturbance atserward, was tho re.
suit oi a suggestion from Ohio Democratic
headquarters. Tho development Of an.
other scheme In the same line would seem
to give crodence and add strength 10 the
report relative to the Wheeling affair.
Areunion Of the .Fifty.sirth, Fitty.third,
l03l Regiments Of Infantry and the First
Ohio Heavy Artillery Is to be hold at
jackson, Jackson county, on tho 23l inst.
lrv. DUNCAN, chairman OF the Democratic
State Executive Committee, was down
there the other day making suggestions
as to the decorations, but this timo Me
only decoration hs suggested was that 1t
would be q grand thing to suspend the
portraits Of Presidents Of the United
States ncroes ths streets OF Jackson. l,5l.
This suggestion was made to the Com.
mittee on Decorations. They consulted a
little while and decided to suspend across
the streets the portraita OF such Presidenta
o. the United States as had been soldiers.
This deciBion knocked the wind ont OF
Mr.. Dungan's sails, as It left out OF tho
business what he was desirous Of having
inserted, viz: the portrait OF Grover, the
Great lin flesh only.) 35 I7
Mr.. DUNCAN then went to work 10 or.
ganizs aank movement, and this iuios-
nation Ia for the boys as well as the pub
lie. It will be suggested to the Commit
tee on Decorations, II 1t has not been done
already, that 1t will never do to omit the
portrait Of Abraham Lincoln from amoug
the Presidential portraits to be hung
scrosg tho streets Of Jackson. II the com.
mittee can be induced 10 agree to THE,
then the Ice will be broken, and up will
90 the portrait Of Grover Cleveland.
The Democratic State Committee, or
Mr.. Dangan, is said to be working every
scheme he Is capable Of evolving 10 bring
about the above result. he seems to
banker after having Grover .'inaul,cd."
He has hope that II Growers counteu-
anca can be suspended across the streets
Of Jackson on the occasion refereed to, a
repetition OF tho, Wheeling affair can bs
brought about. His scheme may 70 fur.
ther, but how much further has not been
developed. He may have an organization
to march under the phiz OF Grover, or he
may have an arrangement to rend linen
in the vicinity Of such portrait in case any
one declines to march under such ban.
ner. ll- 51 nzq75
Mr. DUNCAN should remember the old
adage about taking a horse to a trough,
but that it lie impossible to make the ami.
nal drink. ~ ,I-9
Reports from Circlevills say that al the
soldiers reunion at that place yesterday,
ex-Judgs S. W. Cou,tright took OCCASION
to display portrait OF Grover Cleveland
In front of his Office. This Is the only
day he has had the picture there. 1t was
there for q purpose. Cour.risht 10 a DEM
ocras, and was the brassiest memhsr OF
Hoadly's otatf. T. Ii5i:E M j
1t is pretty evident that tho Democratic
State Executive Committee have made
arrangements to have pictures OF Clsve.
land displayed at all aoldiefa' leunions
hereafter to be held in this State this year.
The Democratic State Committee did not
engage In this kind OF business lsst year.
Hence there must be some purpose in
doing 80 now. That purpose is to insult
the old eoldiers. But old soldiers can put
up with this sort Of thing. During the
war Northern Copperheads wore butter.
nut breastpins and all that sort OF thing
to indicate their contempt for soldioro
and the Onion oauss. The studied ezhi-
b;tion Of tbs portraits Of Grover Oleve-
land at soldiers reunions is in the same
old line. The boys in blue knew who
were their friends then and thcy can rec
ognizs them as readily now. A friend Of
the aoldier will not iEBult him OF do any
thing to mar tho pleaaurs Of the "eld
boys" who gather at these reunions.
Nothing can he plainer than that. OhocBs
ye accordingly. E 81
They are dropping peg or two. The
Eaqui7r spoke OF him yesterday as "Col-
oner" Powell. With Peter Murphy of
the ticket, General" cut down 10 'Col.
oae!, auu LHo otEeIb AtCElDG IKE eteerD
agsinss paying the levy on them for cam.
paign purposes, tho Democratic State
TICKET may bs wiped out before n November
rolls round. - =, so .6E
Hon. D. G. Goldman, Democratic csndi-
date for Lieutenant Governor, is come.
.whero in the State. VIII he pleasa, when
he next emerges into the daylight at some
Democratic meeting, tell the wofkiupmen
OF Ohio how he came to import laborers to
constrHct the Wheeling and Parkereburg
Railroad? =? At last accounts he hgd not
succeeded in moving up very close to that
subject, although the question was pro-
pounded soon after his nomination, and
he hap "cpoearad in pnhlic On the staue,,